House · Roll call 46 · Feb 25, 2025

On Ordering the Previous Question

A procedural vote to cut off debate and amendments. It sounds neutral; in practice it's a vote about who controls what happens next.

H.Res. 161 — Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 20) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to ‘‘Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Gas-fired Instantaneous Water Heaters’’; providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 35) p